Volunteering for India

I had been toying with the idea of volunteering for long. I already have some experience behind me in creating my high school alumni network through nazarethalumni.org which has 394 members last I took count. Technically, that project gave me a very good understanding of the tools available to create a network and an exposure of the problems usually associated with volunteering.

The biggest problem is finding the right team of equally or more motivated people who are willing to work for a cause. However, here, now I am thinking about a work more wide in its scope as well as a very sharp in its focus on NRIs.

NRI are a huge pool of recources available..not only financially but knowledge and experience. How well is this resource being tapped for volunteerin in India? Based on my interactions of young Indians in the USA, I am reasonably assured a number of them are interested in volunteering in India.

I would love to hear people's thoughts on this. I am ruminating through some ideas and would love to know what other people think the opportunities are out there for this kind of an activity.